Rise of the Tomb Raider enables your Twitch viewers to control part of Lara Croft’s adventure

You don’t need to own Rise of the Tomb Raider (our review) to take part in the game — you just need to tune into some livestreams on Twitch.

Developer Crystal Dynamics revealed details of how it has incorporated Twitch functionality into its latest game, which debuted today. Anyone playing Rise of the Tomb Raider in Expedition Mode can connect it to Twitch chat to enable viewers to vote on certain actions in the game. This primarily takes the form of viewers voting on which cards players will get to activate in the challenge modes. These cards can often help or hurt — although they are occasionally just silly. And while this should make for a more interesting time for the audience, Crystal Dynamics is likely also hoping it’ll translate into bigger sales for the game.